Definition of prophecy

"prophecy" in the noun sense

1. prophecy, prognostication, vaticination

knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. prophecy, divination

a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

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Quotations for prophecy

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. [ Lamartine ]

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion - all in one. [ John Ruskin ]

Some women's faces are, in their brightness, a prophecy; and some, in their sadness, a history. [ Dickens ]

Music is a prophecy of what life is to be, the rainbow of promise translated out of seeing into hearing. [ Mrs. L. M. Child ]

There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy, which must sadden, or at least soften, every reflecting observer. [ Coleridge ]

There is to the poetical sense a ravishing prophecy and winsome intimation in flowers, that now and then, from the influence of mood or circumstances, reasserts itself like the reminiscence of childhood, or the spell of love. [ H. T. Tuckerman ]

It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it is the still consecrated spirit of hope, the prophecy of happy days yet to come; the endless variety of nature, with presentiments of eternal flowers which never shall fade, and sympathy with the blessedness of the ever-developing world. [ Novalis ]

prophecy in Scrabble®

The word prophecy is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters prophecy:

PROPHECY
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

chopper, coppery

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word prophecy

PROPHECY
(216)
PROPHECY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In prophecy

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prophecy in Words With Friends™

The word prophecy is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters prophecy:

PROPHECY
(174)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

chopper, coppery

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word prophecy

PROPHECY
(174)
PROPHECY
(162)
PROPHECY
(105)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In prophecy

PROPHECY
(174)
PROPHECY
(162)
COPPERY
(137 = 102 + 35)
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PROPHECY
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Words within the letters of prophecy

2 letter words in prophecy (7 words)

3 letter words in prophecy (17 words)

5 letter words in prophecy (12 words)

6 letter words in prophecy (6 words)

7 letter words in prophecy (2 words)

8 letter words in prophecy (1 word)

prophecy + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence prophecy

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Words that end with prophecy (1 word)

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